Obama Calls Out Republicans On Racist Immigration Policies

President Obama finally came out and said what most of us have already been thinking about the Republicans’ war on immigrants.

At a town hall in Iowa last week, Obama took a sharp jab at Republicans saying that their anti-immigrant rhetoric was contrary to who we are as a Country, and that unless you are a Native American, than your ancestors came from somewhere else.

This is just the latest in a long line of attacks coming from President Obama. In the last few weeks he’s gone after the Republicans for their backwards policies on both climate change and the economy. And this is what Obama does best, and I’m sure that almost everyone watching this program is excited to see the return of the Obama that isn’t afraid to confront his opposition.

But Obama isn’t the only one going after the Republicans’ attacks on immigrants: Even some conservative groups say that the GOP is taking things a bit too far on the issue.

Of course, both the Koch-funded group and the business groups aren’t concerned about the fact that candidates like Trump aren’t treating immigrants like human beings – they’re concerned about the effect on their profit margins if their favorite source of labor is shipped out of the country.

The bottom line is that the harsh language being used by candidates is not sitting well with anyone except the extreme fringe of the Republican base, and that’s not going to translate into votes next November.

Farron Cousins is the executive editor of The Trial Lawyer magazine and a contributing writer at DeSmogBlog.com. He is the co-host / guest host for Ring of Fire Radio. His writings have appeared on Alternet, Truthout, and The Huffington Post. Farron received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of West Florida in 2005 and became a member of American MENSA in 2009. Follow him on Twitter @farronbalanced